Uttar Pradesh: 8 students of Jhansi Government Polytechnic get life for minor's rape

Uttar Pradesh: 8 students of Jhansi Government Polytechnic get life for minor’s rape

JHANSI: Eight students of the Jhansi Government Polytechnic were awarded life imprisonment here on Monday for raping a minor girl almost 24 months ago. Besides imprisonment, the special court for rape and POCSO Act also slapped a total fine of Rs 30,000 on other counts on each of the accused, half of which will be given to the rape survior.

Special public prosecutor POCSO Act, Vijay Kumar Kushwaha, who has been handling the case since the beginning, said all the eight accused have been found guilty for the heinous crime. “They were tried under 11 sections, including sections 5/6, 9/10 of POCSO Act,” he added. “All the accused have been awarded life imprisonment ’till their last breath’ for this heinous crime,” the public prosecutor said.

The accused who have been sentenced are the main accused Rohit Saini of Mahoba, Bharat Kumar and Sanjay Kushwaha also of Mahoba, Dharmendra Sen, Monu Parya and Mayank Shivhare of Jhansi, Shailendra Nath Pathak of Gonda and Vipin Tiwari of Prayagraj. The trial was conducted in the court of special judge Nitendra Kumar Singh (ADJ 9 Rape and POCSO Act) in which 12 witnesses, including the survivor, her friend and a sub-inspector were heard.

The SI who happened to pass by during the crime, had saved the girl from being further harassed by the accused. The DNA sample of main accused Rohit Saini got matched and also helped as a major evidence. The incident took place on October 11, 2020 during Covid pandemic.

During the incident, sub inspector Vikrant Singh, then posted at Gwalior Road police outpost, happened to pass from there. He heard the screams of the girl, rushed to her rescue and saved her from further humiliation. The incident shook the entire city and the state. In quick action, police lodged a case and got the accused identified through photographs on polytechnic admission forms. The accused were caught and sent to jail and were also denied bail.

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